Morning journal and courier., 1887-08-06
LOCAL NEWS.
Brief Mention.

RfAo1 MenpxOns
 The best letter scales at Dorman's.
 Rents collected promptly at H. F. .Hoadley's
 Peaches appeared in the market yesterday
 Mrs. L. Cowles goes to South Egremont Mass.
 Miss Nellie A. Reyes will sing at English Hall on Sunday night.
 Miss Hattie Abbott of this city, is visiting at Mr. Meserve's in Harwinton.
 Mrs. H. B. Law goes to Quobue, L. l.. stopping at the Howell House.
 Prof. E. L. Richards, of Yale, has taken cottage quarters at Morris Cove.
 Mrs. A. B. Sprout of this city, is visiting with her mother and sister in Unionville.
 Mrs. Whetstine of Bridgeport, who was shot down by her husband, is believed to be recovering.
 Mrs. Sherdman, wife of Engineer Sherd- man of steamer 8, is sojoiring month ln Providence.
 MT. w. L. Kingsley, editor of the New Englander, goes to East Gloucester, Mass, for the month of August.
 Ex-Gov. English and others from here at- tended the funeral of the late MT. Welch of Forestville, brother of ex-Mayor Welch.
 Canton Golden Rules excursion netted a fair profit despite the unfavorable outlook of the weather just before the excursion started. Prof. and Mrs. T. G. Shepard and Prof. Bonney and MT. and Mrs. W. A Beers will go to Saratoga about the middle of this month.
 Engineer Bishop and Fireman Hurley oi this city, were in Meriden yesterday getting in readiness for fire duty the new truck house recently erected in that city.
 Blackberries and whortleberries continue high priced. The dealers here say it is be- cause mosquitoes have been so thick that berrying was almost out of the question.
 Mir. Thomas, late instructor in the class ical department at the High school, is in Milwaukee, making preparations to assume his position es principal of the High school there.
 The Knights of Columbus have paid $1, ,OOC to the widow of James Connors of San Sal vador council and a similar amount was paid yesterday to the heirs of Thomas Gun ming, of Naugatuck.
 President Clark, of the Consolidated road, contemplates occupying the Anderson resi- dence about Sept 1. The work of renovat ing and otherwise preparing the premises was begun yesterday.
 Mrs. Chapman, wife of Rev. Dr. Chapman of the First M. E. church, has returned from 6 stay at the White Mountains. Her elder daughter, who was with her, has returned. Dr. Chapman hes gone to visit his parents who live in Ohio.
 Mrs. Glover, of Brooklyn, L. l., is visiting old New Haven friends tbis week. The lady is the widow of the late Rev. Chas. E. Glover who was a very successful Methodist pastos and wss once stationed at the St. John street church in this city.
 Tourists and others leaving for the noun tains or the sea shore always find at Burgess G Burgess very large and standard stock of trunks and travelling bags, all varieties and prices, including the very best trunks made. Also the place for tourists' hats, etc. Rev. Mr. Plass and wife are spending ths present month at the cottage of MT. T. A, Lane of the New Haven Clock manufactory and wife at Morris Cove. MT. Plass was for merly pastor of the Ferry street church, this city, leaving here to become pastor of the Reformed church at Schodach, N. Y., his present charge.
 The son of Rev. Dr. Gaylord, late pastor of the First M. E. church, is recovering from an attack of maiarial fever, which was at one time very serious. The young man, who is about IS, is at Dr. Goodssll's cottage at Short Beach, where the family are spending the hot weather. Dr. Goodsell, of Branford, attended the young man and Dr. Foster, of this city, whose family are at ShortBeach, was in consultation on the case.